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Collocations for lie - noun

ADJ.

big, monstrous, (whopping) great
He told a whopping great lie!
little | complete, downright, outright
That''s a downright lie!
white
A little white lie is surely excusable.
deliberate | barefaced, blatant, obvious, transparent | elaborate
a web of elaborate lies

VERB + LIE

tell (sb) | believe, swallow
How could she swallowsuch a blatant lie?
live
He lived alie for thirty years, pretending tobe the faithful husband of twodifferent women living in twodifferent towns.

LIE + NOUN

detector

PHRASES

a pack/tissue/web of lies

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